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3 Factors for Networking Success You Won’t Find on Their Website
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."~Leo Buscaglia Have you got a good feel for your networking groups?...
3 Guidelines to Build Powerful Networking Relationships
“We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded.”~Neil deGrasse Tyson I've got some bad news for you. Networking is work. The other day I was chatting with a good friend of mine, Rick. He is a martial arts instructor. I asked...
Competition Kills Networking
"It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're often racing against time. You're frequently running everything through your mind. You're always competing against preconceived ideas. It's not really the person next to...
Excerpt: The Timeline of a One-to-One: After
Work continues apace on my next book Beyond Hello and a Handshake. We are looking at possibly second quarter next year for a release (assuming I can stay on track). In the meantime, please enjoy this early draft excerpt from Chapter 2....
Good News: Half-way There
"Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about...
Good News: The Nine-Month Favor
"The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what...
Guest Post: I Don’t Know How to Find Referrals for my Friends
As good referral partners in order to continue to receive the top quality referrals that we expect, we also have to feed our partners with referral nourishment to keep the referral circle complete. Breaking that link means that if you’re not being a supplier you...
Good News: Friends Indeed
"Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you." ~Misty Copeland When the world starts to look like a dark and horrible place, take a moment to find the good that people are doing all...
Guest Post: Find Your Networking Sweet Spot
Awhile back in You Should Network Offline More, I discussed the benefits of networking more often. Then just recently in Don’t NetWORK Too Hard, I mentioned there should be a cap to networking because you can overdo it and cause more harm than good. As a result of...